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Synonyms for hem and haw
verb hesitateMore words related to hem and haw
demur
verb. disagree
demurred
verb. disagree
demurring
verb. disagree
dilly-dally
verb. waste time
elude
verb. avoid; escape
- baffle
- be beyond someone
- beat around the bush
- bilk
- circumvent
- confound
- cop out
- ditch
- dodge
- double
- duck
- eschew
- evade
- flee
- fly
- foil
- frustrate
- get around
- get away from
- give the runaround
- give the slip
- give wide berth to
- hem and haw
- not touch
- outrun
- outwit
- pass the buck
- pass up
- puzzle
- run around
- shirk
- shuck
- shun
- shy
- stall
- stay shy of
- steer clear of
- stonewall
- stump
- thwart
eluded
verb. avoid; escape
- baffle
- be beyond someone
- beat around the bush
- bilk
- circumvent
- confound
- cop out
- ditch
- dodge
- double
- duck
- eschew
- evade
- flee
- fly
- foil
- frustrate
- get around
- get away from
- give the runaround
- give the slip
- give wide berth to
- hem and haw
- not touch
- outrun
- outwit
- pass the buck
- pass up
- puzzle
- run around
- shirk
- shuck
- shun
- shy
- stall
- stay shy of
- steer clear of
- stonewall
- stump
- thwart
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